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Definition of South-west
1. Adverb. To, toward, or in the southwest.
Lexicographical Neighbors of South-west
Literary usage of South-west
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"Crossing the Murray at Albury, the explorers, bearing to tin south-west, skirted
the western shore of Port Philip and reached the sea-coast near where the ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... principal billa rise on the south-west and the eaat respectively. The former
of these hills is called Mount Sion because, according to Josephus (Antiq. ..."
3. Indian Affairs: Laws and Treaties by United States, Charles Joseph Kappler (1904)
"South half, south half of northeast quarter and south half of northwest quarter
of section 9; south half of northwest quarter, and south west quarter of ..."
4. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1897)
"The tunnel is 327 feet long ; it cuts two small slides running north-westerly
and dipping to the south-west, but no more lodes are seen in it. ..."
5. The Great South: A Record of Journeys in Louisiana, Texas, the Indian by Edward King (1875)
"... but also to the north-west and the south-west "—a line, in fact, which will
make the Atlantic via Norfolk 351 miles nearer Louisville, 260 miles nearer ..."
6. Minutes of the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania: From the Organization to by Pennsylvania Provincial Council (1852)
"... thence South West three hundred & Sixty ... thence South West and by South twelve
... thence South West " by South twenty ..."
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